For optimal leaf peeping conditions, one needs fairly dry weather, warm days and cool nights without a hard frost. The week ahead will be pretty close to that optimal setup, […] ...

When Jim Bilinski, former founder and publisher of The Ithaca Times, transitioned ownership of the paper to a nonprofit in 2025, the news was met with fanfare. “A new chapter […] ...

Note: This story includes explicit language and describes a violent act of sexual assault and may not be suitable for all readers.  If you or someone you know has experienced […] ...

Note: This story includes explicit language and describes a violent act of sexual assault and may not be suitable for all readers. If you or someone you know has experienced […] ...

A 17-year-old was hospitalized after sustaining a stab wound in the chest at the Ithaca Walmart location, police said. Police arrested a second teen, 18-year-old Samuel A. Rodriguez of Ithaca, […] ...

Note: This story includes explicit language and describes a violent act of sexual assault and may not be suitable for all readers. If you or someone you know has experienced […] ...

Governor Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday afternoon that Cornell University had agreed to undertake an independent investigation into its handling of the alleged rape of a former student in 2024 by ...

About a year after a proposal to construct a data center on the shores of Cayuga Lake upended local politics in the Town of Lansing, local officials took a step […] ...

This fall, reports of leopard-spotted insect carcasses littered around downtown Ithaca have confirmed what some experts considered inevitable: the spotted lanternfly has more deeply established itself ...